The final house sport was an ideal microcosm for the place these Knicks are actually after 81 video games.
There was a motive to eat, drink and be merry when the clinching of the No. 3 seed within the East grew to become official, by way of the information from Orlando that the Magic had crushed up the Pacers. Good instances on the Backyard!
And there was additionally motive to starve, get drunk and be depressing when the Cavaliers erased each inch of a 23-point deficit and stormed previous the Knicks, 108-102. That made it an excellent 0-8 in opposition to the Cavs and the Celtics, the 2 finest groups within the East, and 0-10 of you toss within the Thunder, the most effective crew out West. Grisly instances on the Backyard.
“You’ve got to play for 48 minutes in this league,” a visibly annoyed Tom Thibodeau stated. “No lead is safe.”
